Harvey was an example of such a hurricane that affect many areas of town that was not in the 100 or 500 year flood plain thus many homeowners did not carry flood insurance.

We are all familiar with GIGO.Do you really think is fair to say 99.9% of wholesalers are acting in a certain manner if you have only spoken with one wholesaler? 

same with car dealers.and all other manner of small business.I think what happens here is folks know they cant become a car dealer with little or no money. 

It's in my opinion, that soldiers should Pay down debt and keep it at zero while investingPut at least $10,000 in savings before investing Put as much money as they can into low cost index fundsUpon ETS, sell off some or all of their index funds and buy real estate where ever they end up ETSing toWith this plan, the soldier learns to manage money in a healthy manner by keeping debt at zero, while also having a good emergency fund.  

You have a lot on your plate and carrying high debt can be a scary place to be.

What about if someone is injured, or worse, and cannot carry out their responsibilities.

If I do find something here for $350k, put $100k into it and sell it for $550,000, after closing cost, carrying costs, selling costs and the high interest of a HML there's probably only $30-50k in profits left.

Would  you think you were dealt with in an ethical manner?

This was how I was able to get the deal: taking care of everything in an expeditious manner while having or finding the answers I didn’t have.

The wrong time to buy real estate is when it will deplete a lifetime of savings, and is purchased in an unsustainable manner.